House on Haunted Hill/Last Man on Earth

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Last Man on Earth

Vincent Price: House on Haunted Hill/Last Man on Earth/The Bat
Starring: Vincent Price
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Release Date: 2006-04-11

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Hero of horror Vincent Price stars in three silver scream classics! In House on Haunted Hill (1958, B&W, 75min), an eccentric millionaire (Price) invites several of his enemies to a party at his creepy mansion. Each guest who survives the night will receive $10,000 - but will anyone be alive to collect the reward? In Last Man on Earth (1964, B&W, 86 min.), a nightmarish apocalyptic vision of a zombie invasion, a global airborne virus has transformed Earth's population into vampire-like creatures. Scientist Robert Morgan (Price) is the last living soul on earth. He hunts the sleeping monsters by day, but at sundown he becomes the hunted, stalked by zombies thirsting for his blood. Murder, mystery and terror reign in The Bat (1959, B&W, 80 min.), a bone-chilling thriller starring Price, Agnes Moorehead and Darla Hood. A creaky haunted house has a hidden fortune of stolen money, and the bodies pile up as a mysterious prowler known as "The Bat" tries to uncover the loot.

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Last Man on Earth.......2007-01-17

My hubby liked this movie the most because of the 50's and early 60's cars shown parked and being driven in this sharp B and W movie. Vincent Price is wonderful...this movie is the obvious precursor to Night of the Living Dead, and Charlton Heston's The Omega Man. This is a wonderfully acted, greatly photographed early film. This is truly a gem.

Discontinuities have to be forgiven, this is the proto-ur-zombie movie. It is not bloody, but has it's psychological moments.

House on Haunted Hill/The Last Man On Earth

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paid under five bucks
Two must-see Vincent Price classics
A nice surprise
A great value for Vincent Price fans on a budget
A Strictly "Subjective" Assessment

House on Haunted Hill/The Last Man On Earth
Starring: Vincent Price , Carolyn Craig , Richard Long , Elisha Cook Jr. , and Carol Ohmart
Director: William Castle , Sidney Salkow , and Ubaldo Ragona
Manufacturer: Diamond Ent. Corp.
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes/Dr. Phibes Rises Again!
The Haunting
The Omega Man
The Tingler

ASIN: B00004WGAB
Release Date: 2000-10-03

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paid under five bucks .......2007-03-11

They just don't hold up all that well. Last Man... is better than the other, although that's not saying much.
Also, you can see where George Romero borrowed heavily for his Night of the Living Dead flicks.

I must add: Richard Matheson is a highly respected genre writer. Besides writing LAST MAN ON EARTH (among other books and screenplays) He's the guy who wrote the excellent DUEL,
starring Dennis Weaver. Get it, if you've never seen it.
I really don't blame him or the late Vincent Price for the way LAST MAN... turned out. It's really not a bad flick...and yet you can't help feeling that it should have turned out far better, that the material was there...

Hey, if you're about ten years old...you might get a real kick out of it.

Two must-see Vincent Price classics.......2005-09-20

It doesn't get much better than this twin-bill of Vincent Price classics. I consider The House on Haunted Hill to be one of the best haunted house movies ever made. The effects may seem somewhat silly to modern audiences, but the simplest frights are often the most effective. The plot itself is gratifyingly complex and twisted, and the ending is by no means disappointing. Anyone with an interest in the horror genre should find this Vincent Price gem to be quite a hoot. Then there's The Last Man on Earth, which is one of the best horror movies ever made, period.

As a jaded modern horror fan, I can't say The House on Haunted Hill really scared me, but I daresay that if you put a couple of hundred people inside a modern movie theatre and showed this film to them, you would get some delightful screams and jumps out of your audience. A movie such as this belongs in black and white, and the whole mood is appropriately creepy. The director left almost nothing out: creaking doors, apparitions, secret rooms, screams (almost so many they become annoying), skeletons, thunder and lightning, organ music, moments of total darkness, a pit of acid, and - of course - Vincent Price.

Mr. Loren (Price) is an eccentric man of wealth throwing a haunted house party for his fourth wife (who is as anxious to kill him as he is to kill her). He promises to pay $10,000 to anyone who can make it through the night. Five strangers make up the party guests - a former test pilot, a society newspaper columnist, a psychiatrist, an unassuming, vulnerable young lady, and the house's owner, who keeps going on and on about the murders that took place there. Naturally, weird things start to happen, and then all of the party goers find themselves locked in the house prematurely with no hope of escape until morning. Naturally, rather than stay together, the houseguests end up wandering around on their own, and the impressionable young lady is especially traumatized throughout the evening by what she sees and experiences. There are games afoot, the full extent of which are not revealed until the ending of the film. In its original theatrical release, the ever so fiendish director William Castle had a skeleton rigged inside each theater that would appear above the audience's heads at the appropriate time - I would love to have experienced that.

The Last Man on Earth is based on Richard Matheson's incredible novel I Am Legend, in my opinion the second best vampire novel ever written. Price plays Morgan, a man left completely alone in the world by a plague that wiped out the rest of the population, including his wife and young daughter, three years earlier. The virus behind the plague was a vampiric bacillus, so all of the people who died and were not destroyed by fire have come back as vampires. Luckily for Morgan, the vampires are quite weak and simple-minded, for they attack his fortified home every night in an effort to get in and kill him. By day, Morgan goes out hunting the walking nightmares and driving stakes through their hearts, but there are so many that the project seems almost useless. Midway through the movie, we are treated to a pretty extended set of flashbacks to the early days of the virus and the deaths of Morgan's wife and daughter. Toward the end, Morgan is shocked to find a woman wandering outside during the day, the first human being he has seen in three years. He takes her home with him and thus sets the stage for the movie's memorable climax.

Obviously, Vincent Price carries this movie on his own back, given the fact that the vast majority of the action takes place around him and no one else. He plays things rather subtly for the most part, which I found quite effective. His memories make him laugh sometimes, but Price's signature laugh evolves quite effectively into sobs of anger and frustration. The most poignant moments of the film, in my opinion, come when Morgan finds a dog outside his house, the first living creature he has seen in three years. The dog initially runs away from him in fear, but the suffering creature eventually comes back. Morgan cleans him and fixes up his wounds, but the new friendship he exults over soon becomes just another tragedy. The movie doesn't dwell on the dog episode nearly so much as Matheson does in his novel, and for this I am grateful because I find it heartbreaking. The little dog gives an incredible performance, but as is so often the case the canine actor does not even merit a mention in the credits.

The Last Man on Earth really is a remarkably good movie and really showcases the immense acting abilities of Vincent Price. I wish it would have delved into the science of the virus much more intensely than it did; the scientific aspects of Matheson's story are what make it such a phenomenally good vampire novel. The script writers did take some liberties with the concluding scenes, but it is really for the best because the novel's conclusion would not have worked in this medium without the audience being given a much more penetrating look into the minds and motives of the characters involved. Some might find the movie creepy, but there is really nothing here that will disturb the timid viewer-the camera never actually shows any of the gruesome acts that tend to be committed by human beings against vampires and vice versa. Somber and depressing as it can be, The Last Man on Earth is the type of distinguished horror movie that should appeal in some way to just about everyone.

A nice surprise.......2005-05-09

I bought this for the movie that I remembered, House on Haunted Hill, which on watching again is a pretty cheezy piece of work. The other movie, Last Man on Earth, I had never heard of, and recognised only from the intro on the DVD which told me in so many words that it was based on I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. I found I really liked this movie. In a sense, it's like many other 50's and 60's movies in that the bad guy(s) lose. That's the only resemblance, however. In the first part we see Vincent Price as the relentless vampire slayer. Others have commented that these don't seem like "real" vampires, but who knows what they would really be like anyway. We've seen too many Dracula remakes where the vampires are quick, agile, mean and clever. Who is to say they can't be slow, stupid, weak and evil? Anyway. In the second part, we are given the story of the beginning of the plague, which resmebles The Stand, only about 99.99999999% fatal. One survivor, to be exact. As the third part progresses, we start to see new possible candidates for the good guys (behaving just like we do in the old Dracula movies). Finally we see Price for what he has become, a legendary creature of terror, in a total reversal from the vampire as the shadowy creature in all the other stories. You have to see it. This is a great piece of work for all it's faults.

A great value for Vincent Price fans on a budget.......2005-04-02

This "House on Haunted Hill"/"Last Man on Earth" double feature is one of the better buys on the public-domain DVD market. The prints of both films are passable (it's an exaggeration to claim these are "digitally remastered"), and certainly of better quality than the TV prints that have been circulating for years. Both films, of course, feature the late legend Vincent Price and while neither film could be considered his best work there's plenty here Price fans will enjoy.

Vincent Price may have built his career around low-budget horror films, but he was a movie star in the truest sense of the word. His very presence helped to elevate an average film to something memorable. While some find his mannerisms and demeanor campy, I find the glee with which he portrayed the disturbed and obsessed very refreshing. "House on Haunted Hill" bears a strong similarity to any number of forgettable faux-haunted house movies, and "Last Man on Earth"'s plot is a second rate Twilight Zone adventure. But Price's performances make both of these not only worthwhile but memorable. "The Last Man on Earth," in particular, features an excellent turn by Price.

If you're a Price fan who could care less about extras and aren't too fussy about sound or picture quality, snatch up this DVD while they last.

A Strictly "Subjective" Assessment.......2003-04-05

I first saw this film in my mid-teens, when I had no critical faculties whatsoever. In those days, Bergman and Fellini would have bored hell out of me (Fellini still does), and "Citizen Kane" would have left me cold. And many of the films I used to love as a child now strike me as boring. But for some reason, "Last Man on Earth" continues to plunge me into a state of pleasurable gloom, and I keep returning to it every other week like some sort of drug, or one of those amulets cinematic hypnotists dangle before their victims while coaxing them toward some nefarious climax.

I won't attempt an "objective" review of this film, since I'm far too familiar with it, so my impressions are visceral rather than analytic. Also, I long ago ceased to care about the plot (which is amply detailed in many of the other reviews included here). The acting? Here, too, I'm too close to it to make a reliable assessment. I'd have to say that Vincent Price is only slightly hammy in his role as a weary vampire-hunter, and in one scene, where he's vocally mourning the loss of his wife, "Virge," he lapses into some rather embarrassing self-consciousness. The only other aspect of the film that annoys me ---- from an adult vantage point, that is ---- is the atrocious dubbing of the Italian actors, and the ridiculous exhortations of the vampires as they surround the protagonist's house, trying to lure him outside.

Otherwise, "Last Man" still strikes me as one of the best examples of atmospheric film-making in the history of the genre, and it is on this level that I can wholly immerse myself in its special qualities. It does not really resemble any other film ever made ------ much like the international collaboration, "Daughters of Darkness" in that respect. It does not even resemble "Night of the Living Dead," though it clearly influenced that film thematically. It has that sleazy, low-budget quality that most true horror fans love, but other than that it is sui generis.

Part of the power of the film, I believe, is that it concentrates largely on the situation of a totally isolated character, surrounded by alien beings with whom he has no chance of communicating. The fact that he loses both his wife and a close friend to this "enemy camp" only adds to his sense of despair (not to mention a stray dog which he briefly befriends before discovering that it, too, has succumbed to the "vampire germ").

The music score, while not in the class of Bernard Herrmann or Maurice Jarre, is nevertheless wonderfully appropriate for the film, and assists the production with just the right touch of eeriness. Parts of it spill over into excess, perhaps, but it's the right kind of excess.

Customer Reviews:

Shocking!!.......2006-11-07

Truly scary if you like calmer things, not for gore fans at all! But this is the kind of mistery and terror that really gets you scared because it is closer to real life by lacking special effects. I really enjoy them, although i would think twice about "Last Man on Earth", but "Shock" is awesome!

you can find better copies in other collections.......2006-04-27

this is cheap dvd collections at their worst.if you want these fine vincent price movies just look around, there are much better copies than this trash. just look around.

good, but sound is bad on one movie... here's what I did.......2005-05-24

I made a copy of that movie only (using CloneDVD) and watched one version on one player, while listening to the sound of the copy on another player (with headphones). The delay is 5 seconds. I didn't copy it to resell it, as the copy has bad sound, too, (in case some people wonder about it, though everybody does it...) but just to match the sound of one with the picture of the other. It can be done on video, too, if you prefer (or can't copy the DVD or don't have 2 DVD players)
I know that many of you cannot do that, but if you have a way to copy that movie and 2 dvd players, try it. It took me a while to match the sound and the picture, but when I did, it was perfect! : )

same problem as above.......2005-04-24

the audio for house on haunted hill on my dvd is messed up, too. the movies are great, but the audio problem is very distracting.

Excellent DVD.......2005-03-20

This DVD is great, except the copy of The house on Haunted Hill. I dont know why but the sound track is delayed from the actual movie. It really sucks but I was glad to see all the other movies are fine. I dont know if this is the case for all the copies or just mine.

The House on Haunted Hill/The Bat/The Last Man on Earth

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The House on Haunted Hill/The Bat/The Last Man on Earth
Starring: Vincent Price
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
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Vincent Price Double Feature: The Last Man on Earth/House on Haunted Hill

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Before there was 28 Days there was The Last Man On Earth

Vincent Price Double Feature: The Last Man on Earth/House on Haunted Hill
Starring: House on Haunted Hill , and Last Man on Earth
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ASIN: B0002VL08I
Release Date: 2004-11-16

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This Vincent Price double feature includes two of his creepy best in their original widescreen format. In the first thriller, House on Haunted Hill, a crazy zillionaire throws a strange house party and invites a motley group of people to a creepy old mansion one night - promising them ten thousand dollars each if they remain until sunrise. Director William Castle employs a wide variety of gimmicks to make this corny but enjoyable thriller work. The second feature Last Man on Earth, tells of a scientist finding himself the sole survivor of some strange plague which has devastated the world. As a result of the plague, zombie-like creatures, having the characteristics of vampires, forage in the night seeking his death. This chilling story tells how the last surviving man stalks the streets by day searching for the creatures to render them harmless by driving stakes through their hearts. Based on Richard Matheson's I Am Legend and later remade as Omega Man. Bonus Features: Scene Selection| Trailers Specs: DVD9; Dolby Digital Mono; 161 minutes; B&W; 1.66:1&1.85:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1958, 1964; SRP - $4.99.

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Before there was 28 Days there was The Last Man On Earth.......2007-05-13

I saw this movie in the early 1960s, in the Star theater in Lebanon, Missouri. They ran coming attractions, then a B movie, followed by a cartoon, and then the A movie. Continuously, from open till close.

And you could stay in the theater as along as you liked. All for 25 cents. Milk Duds were a dime. So parents would drop their kids off unescorted for 3 or 4 hours on a Saturday, and in those days it was safe to do so.

This was a scary movie for me at the time, and it scared my little brother so bad he couldn't sleep for most of 4 days after. He still remembers the terror, 40-odd years later.

Okay, we were kids then, and this movie is definitely dated compared to today's buckets of splattering gore, but this wasn't your usual Vincent Price movie. He does what he has to do to survive, but he's so lonely. And he misses his family so much. And the zombies are just waiting for him to screw up so they can kill him. It's actually a little sad.

So if you're a horror fan and a film buff, you should definitely watch this one. Because, although not well known, it's one of the classics. Buy a box of Milk Duds too.

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House on Haunted Hill/Last Man on Earth

Manufacturer: Genius Entertainment
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ASIN: B0006FO9KQ
Release Date: 2004-01-01

All Star Horror: House On Haunted Hill / Last Man on Earth

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All Star Horror: House On Haunted Hill / Last Man on Earth
Starring: All Star Horror
Manufacturer: Mill Creek Ent
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ASIN: B0007P0XWS
Release Date: 2005-03-22

House on Haunted Hill / The Last Man on Earth - Vincent Price Double Feature DVD

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a very poor job of the transfers on these two movies,sound and picture were bad

House on Haunted Hill / The Last Man on Earth - Vincent Price Double Feature DVD

Manufacturer: Mill Creek Entertainment
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HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL: A haunted house party is given by a wealthy man who offers ten thousand dollars to anyone who can survive the night there. / LAST MAN ON EARTH: Price is the title character who is harassed by victims of a world-wide plague who awaken at night thirsting for his blood. Remade as "The Omega Man" with Charlton Heston.

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a very poor job of the transfers on these two movies,sound and picture were bad.......2006-05-18

Wow, this set was the worst transfers i have ever seen. i could bearly see some scenes and sound dropout happened all the time. not worth it at any price,

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{16 Horror Classics} Dementia 13, House on Haunted Hill, Last Man on Earth, Phantom From 10,000 Leagues, Killer Shrews, Brain That Wouldn't Die, King of Zombies, Dr. Jeckyll Mr. Hyde, World Gone Mad, Swamp Women, Little Shop of Horrors, & More...

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CONTAINS THESE 16 TITLES; Dementia 13, House on Haunted Hill, Last Man on Earth, Phantom From 10,000 Leagues, Killer Shrews, Brain That Wouldn't Die, King of Zombies, Dr. Jeckyll Mr. Hyde, Tormented, World Gone Mad, Swamp Women, Little Shop of Horrors, Giant Gila Monster, Fatal Hour, Dead Men Walk, Mad Monster

"Special Collector's Edition 4 Movie Set" Children of the Corn / House on Haunted Hill / the Bat / the Last Man on Earth

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"Special Collector's Edition 4 Movie Set" Children of the Corn / House on Haunted Hill / the Bat / the Last Man on Earth

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